part-writing

He treated dissonance boldly, even on occasion using the augmented 6th and octave, though always in a context of smooth part-writing.

Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

The first thing Cope coded into his program was the rules of basic part-writing.

The computer composer Edward Willett 2006

The first thing Cope coded into his program was the rules of basic part-writing.

Archive 2006-09-03 Edward Willett 2006

The point is that the development of musical knowledge (rise of part-writing, increased interest in instrumental music, etc.), demanded a more exact system of notation than had previously existed, just as the development of science in the nineteenth century necessitated a more accurate scientific nomenclature, and in both cases the need gave rise to the result as we have it to-day.

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

The fermata was first used in imitative part-writing to show where each part was to stop, but with the development of harmonic writing the present practice was inaugurated.

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

This change was made because the development of writing music in several parts (particularly _harmonic_ part-writing) made necessary a "leading tone," _i. e._, a tone with a strong tendency to move on up to the key-tone as a closing point.

Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

One can see what Purcell had gained by his study of Italian part-writing for strings, but he could not help penning picturesque phrases.

Purcell Runciman, John F 1909

Themes, part-writing and harmony are closely bound up in one another, and harmony is not the least important.

Purcell Runciman, John F 1909

In several of the sonatas the part-writing strikes one as being somewhat poor and meagre; in others there is, to the modern ear,

Joseph Haydn Hadden, J Cuthbert 1902

The form is concise and symmetrical, the part-writing is clear and well-balanced, and a "sunny sweetness" is the prevailing mood.

Joseph Haydn Hadden, J Cuthbert 1902